A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 641
in ship-building, are cut from wood taken at the placewhere a branch leaves the trunk (see Knee, A ;also Vol. I., col. 779). If enough of the woodbe left to hold the knotted and twisted partswell together, these pieces have great strength. In view of these requirements and limita-tions, the… … ^^§» ■ -^y>^y//! Fio. 2a: a Piece of Hewn Tlmiiek which has CHECKED IN DRYING. middle of the trunk and which here is turneduppermost, to split away in large flakes. Tliisplank would be better if laid with the otherside up, but it is a poor piece of wood. Inordinary flooring the planks which show…
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